NPR’s Twitter account gets an appropriate label

Posted By on April 13, 2023

NPR Twitter label - State-Affiliated Media

There is part of me that can’t help but smile when seeing the new label that Elon Musk’s Twitter put on NPR’s feed. The left-leaning taxpayer-funded media title is partially accurate since tax dollars are used to support public radio and television. At this point with the variety of media news and programming available in the US, it is difficult for even those of us who still enjoy some of what is on NPR to justify taxdollars being used to support only progressive political views. Personally I’d prefer the VOA be funded, but really it is just time to cut all government subsidies to media.  

NPR has decided to stop using Twitter on the heels of Elon Musk’s social media juggernaut temporarily labeling its account “state-affiliated media.”

The move is significant as the left-leaning outlet is the first major news organization to essentially quit the platform.

“NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” NPR said in a statement.

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